1. |
Desert song
07:14
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Oh the desert calls to say
sweet child come my way
bring your footprints to my skin
let your heart be wild again
Tobacco and white sage
we remember the way
our ancestors harvested earth’s medicine
and sang with the hymns of the wind
Oooooooooo oooooooooooooo
May we trust what we’ve been given
every burden is a blessing
every shadow is a teacher
to show where we don’t see our light
We hold the truth in our hands
we have come to heal this land
We hold the truth in our hands
we have come to heal this land
So we sing with the wind
we howl at the moon
we dance with grandfather fire
until the earth, she beckons us to retire
To you, I belong
to your mountains, your desert songs
to your waters, from which I came
and to your flesh, I will return again
Oooooooo oooooooooo
May we trust what we’ve been given
every burden is a blessing
every shadow is a teacher
to show where we don’t see our light
We hold the truth in our hands
we have come to heal this land
We hold the truth in our hands
we have come to heal this land
So in the desert, just before the dawn
in this great darkness
we remember our soul’s song
And just like a whisper
coming through the night
we begin to awaken to our light
Yes we trust what we’ve been given
in this time that we are living
we are the dreamers, we have a vision
we are the medicine men and women
We hold the truth in our hands
we have some to heal this land (x4)
We have come to heal this land (x3)
We have to heal (x3)
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2. |
I return to me
06:06
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So the heart,
she raises her voice she says,
“It’s time to let go”
And the mind, full of worry
frets back, “But how do you know?”
So the heart says,
“Do the waves hold to the shore;
when they kiss, do they want more?
And when the trees weep their autumn leaves
do they wonder: how do I let these go?”
They just let go
I dream of you
in the morning when the stars fade
I wake without you
and wonder how is this new way
I sweetly lay myself down
I bravely return to me
I return to me
So the child who scrapes her knee
cries out, “Oh mama please come hold me”
When no one comes to her cries
she dries her eyes, gets up
and walks on
How do we learn to be alone
to hold ourselves when no one’s home
to be ok with the pain
to watch it pass
just as the waves slip from the shore
not needing anything more
I dream of you
in the morning when the stars fade
I wake without you
and wonder how is this new way
I sweetly lay myself down
I bravely return to me
I return to me
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3. |
Honey in the heart
03:52
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There is honey in the heart
and wings on the mind
but if you fly away
don’t leave your love behind
For if it’s sweetness you seek
then so you shall find
eight drops in the heart
bring you back to the divine
Sticky fingers on the cabinets
and all over the walls
for the nectar of this life
is messy and overflows
So catch it on your tongue
and hold it in your mouth
Let it saturate your bones
sweeten you from inside out
Oh honey I adore you
like the waves do love the shore
you are the keeper of the force
you are the echo of the source
and your healing brings us wellness
as your sweetness is contagious
In the light of all you offer
may you stay blessed by nature’s altar (2x)
Oh my queen bee
I bow to thee
creatress weave sweet majesty
in your kingdom home
of honeycomb
on your golden throne
medicine crone
with your workers and drones
you are fair
pheromones let your wishes be known
you are life’s backbone, ooo
you are life’s back bone, ooooo
Oh honey I adore you
like the waves do love the shore
you are the keeper of the force
you are the echo of the source
and your healing brings us wellness
as your sweetness is contagious
In the light of all you offer
may you stay blessed by nature’s altar
In the light of all you offer
may you stay blessed
may you stay blessed
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4. |
Seeds
05:01
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Quisieron enterarrnos pero
se les olvido que somos semillas
We are the seeds
and we have everything we need
water, earth and love
and the great light from above
we will not fight for peace
we will grow with grace and ease
and suddenly we are a forest
we are a home
so when they lay down their weapons
they have a beautiful place to go
They tried to bury us
they tried to push us down
they tried to steal our voices
and turn our water brown
But when the buried us
they put us in the ground
where there’s fertile soil
and life abound
Because we are the seeds
and we have everything we need
water, earth and love
and the great light from above
we will not fight for peace
we will grow with grace and ease
and suddenly we are a forest
we are a home
so when they lay down their weapons
they have a beautiful place to go
Danos fuerza y gracia
luz y paciencia
ya sabemos la verdad
esta vida es sagrada
y llena del amor
madre tierra, creador
da a luz al día
cuando la gente despierta
a la divinidad a dentro
con mar y luz y viento
semillas creciendo
semillas creciendo
A la luz (x4)
Because we are the seeds
and we have everything we need
water, earth and love
and the great light from above
we will not fight for peace
we will grow with grace and ease
and suddenly we are a forest
we are a home
so when they lay down their weapons
so when we lay down our weapons
we have a beautiful place to go
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5. |
Mama
05:47
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6. |
Breaking open
06:21
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How does the heart still beat
when it’s shattering into pieces unknown?
And how does love still win
when the losses become too heavy to hold?
Who lives behind your eyes?
Who is it that decides
it’s time to let go?
It’s time to let go
Let the wind take you
Let the earth shake you
And the water that makes you
gives you life to create you
again and again and again
It is you that creates you
again and again
Did you tell her
how beautiful she is?
Did she remind you
how much you have to give?
Did you both wake up
and forget what you’re meant to do?
Did you realize
how much you had to lose?
Did you tell her
did you tell her
how beautiful she is?
When you held her
did you let her love pull you back in?
Did you fear her unwielded power
her shadow and her light?
Did you reach for her
as she slipped into the night?
Let the wind take you
let the earth shake you
let the pain break you
open wide
break you open wide
Break you open wide
to make room for the light
to make room for new light (x2)
Thank you for all the
love you poured over me
It is your sweet love
that helped to set me free
I’ve got my wings now
and I’m gonna fly away
but that doesn't mean
I won’t still love you everyday
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7. |
Fire
05:16
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There’s a fire on this mountain
the trees fall in its wake
the wind fuels it forward
and the sun feeds its rage
Here we’ve built this home
of wood and stone
it’s the only home we’ve ever known
We say goodbye
we say goodbye
cuz nothing can stop this fire
So what do we take
what do we take
what do we need for comfort’s sake
leave behind the chairs and the pillows
we won’t need those where we go
leave behind the worries and concerns
it’s time to free the past
and let it burn
let it burn
You can try to reason with the flames
but they’re gonna burn you
all the same
You can hold onto the ashes
but through your fingers it all passes
You can try to rebuild the same
or you can let go and dance with the flames
This new place we go
this new found home
is on the very ground we walk
it’s in our voice it’s in our thoughts
it’s in the blood that’s in our veins
it’s in our wax it’s in our wanes
it’s in the color of our eyes
it’s in our truth without our lies
it’s in the feet of our soul
it’s in the fabric of our bones
it’s in the darkness that we fear
until we realize
that home is here
Home is here
in our bodies and our souls
we have found this place called home
So when the fire comes you choke
to see your life go up in smoke
and then finally you see
that it’s the fire
that sets you free
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8. |
We are love
04:44
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When the star fell they landed in the sea
and the water swelled with such a light
and the waves pulsed their bodies onto shore
and the sun filled their eyes with gold
so they could see their new home
And how the land did expand
her skin stretched into deserts of sand
valleys carved out her veins
mountains wrinkled on her face
and she prepared
for this new birth of life
the star people rise
press thier prints into her skin
and they sing
mmm they sing
We are love (x4)
So began this revolution
of the star’s evolution
and the union of father sky and mother earth
They had birthed this new being
given such small eyes for seeing
the infinite that is the universe
Then great time brought great spaces
to the mind they had created
and they lost their way back to their hearts
the place of the stars
How can they feel home
when the place they’ve always known
feels lightyears away
They think they lost their way
then they remember one sweet day
so sing that song
that lives in their hearts
the song of the stars
We are love (x4)
Then one at a time
they made their way back to
that place in their hearts
back to their hearts
And together they sing
We are love (x8)
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9. |
Together we are found
05:14
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Sheer force of the mother
she will give and she will take
and in this she will tell you
that you can’t control the way
The only time wasted
is being away form self
for in this expiring moment
our presence is our wealth
We were never broken
we were never chained
The shadow of illusion
is the devil’s favorite game
So free yourself from wanting
it to be a certain way
If you only see the black and the white
you’ll miss the beauty in the grey
Whispering sweet somethings
into a ripe sunrise
beckoning, unfurling
empty hands and wise eyes
Why is it you came here
Do you wonder who you are?
Carved of earth’s carnage
a secret recipe of the stars
We were never broken
we were never chained
The shadow of illusion
is the devil’s favorite game
So free yourself from wanting
it to be a certain way
If you only see the black and the white
you’ll miss the beauty in the grey
Oh my love
how lucky we are
We’ve been given so much
and we have come so far
And though we may be seekers
we know the truth deep down
Divided we are lost
and together we are found
Yes, divided we are lost
and together we are found
Ooooo divided we are lost
and together we are found
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10. |
Cúrame
05:32
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Are you breathing or being breathed?
Are you seeing or being seen?
Are you being
or is the one you’ve been
creating who you are in this moment
Are you loving and being loved?
Are you taking time to look up?
And when you pray,
are you asking for what you need
or are you seeing yourself already free?
Cúra cúra cúra cúra cúra cúrame
Cúra cúra cúra cúra cúra cúrame
What are the thoughts inside your head?
What gets you out of bed?
And when your heart aches,
are you still able to sing?
Are you aware of the light you bring?
Are you aware of the light you bring?
Cúra cúra cúra cúra cúra cúrame
Cúra cúra cúra cúra cúra cúrame
En el nido de mi alma
vive el sentido de calma
aquí crecen las semillas
a ellas cantaría
canciones del amor
toda una vida
Trinininininininini Trninininininininini
Trinininininininini Trninininininininini
Estoy en casa es mi cuerpo
hablo con el sol
hablo con el cuervo
soy una parte del todo
soy el cielo
soy el árbol
so la madre
soy el padre
soy el espiral del caracol
I am enough
I am worthy of love
I belong
I am centered and I am strong (x3)
Cúra cúra cúra cúra cúra cúrame
Cúra cúra cúra cúra cúra cúrame
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11. |
Ho’oponopono
06:51
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I knew it would end this way
two broken hearts on a rainy day
There isn’t much left to say
we both know it’s time for us
to go our own way
Surrender to this moment
there is no one to blame
there is no right or wrong here
only lessons in love and pain
We did what we were meant to do
I was me and you were you
Finally ready
to see this contract through
I’m sorry
I forgive you
Thank you
I love you (x2)
Love the one who judges
Love the one who lies
for they are the one who’s hurting
deepest down inside
Truth is found in the moments
when we come back to ourselves
when we ride the waves of emotion
instead of getting caught in the swells
I’m sorry
I forgive you
Thank you
I love you (x2)
I know you didn’t mean to hurt me
I know you are in pain
for the times I was hurting
I hurt others
I wanted them to feel the same
When I go into the heartache
I dive as deep as I can go
and I end up at the bottom
face to face with my very own soul
It says “I’ve been here all along”
and then it smiles at my surprise
for all I had to do
was come right back inside
So thank you for this breaking
and thank you for this pain
for without you in my life
I may not be finding myself again
I’m sorry
I forgive you
Thank you
I love you (x2)
Love, it doesn’t go away
Nor does it make any mistakes
So I fill my heart
with my very own love
and I radiate it out
below and above
I send it to you
in abundance and wealth
for I know that to love you
I must first love myself
I’m sorry
I forgive you
Thank you
I love you (x4)
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12. |
Wrap my love around you
07:53
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I wrap my love around you (x4)
There’s a sweetness in the sorrows
in the pain and the secrets
In this body there are stories
of anguish and sickness
And the truth is
that these sweet spaces
they just want to be held
So I give you all my heart now
It’s time at last you were felt
(And) I wrap my love around you (x4)
To my sister
my greatest teacher
you are so much stronger
than you comprehend
So light your fires
and call your forces
I am by your side
till the end
(And) I wrap my love around you (x4)
I stare into the darkness
and within it lies
my greatest teacher
the keeper of my light
So bless this suit of bones
filled with thought, flesh and decay
that someday with dissolve
just to recreate again
We are not the doers
we are containers of light
filling up our bellies
and emptying our minds
So bring me to my wisdom
let these words be seeds of truth
As I pull myself in closely
I allow the birth of my wounds
I allow the birth of my wounds
To my sweet love
how I miss you
When will you find me again?
And for my father
with strength like water
oh how you’ve taught me to be loved
And to my mother
giving life and thunder
There’s a fierceness in the folds
of your womb
So birth your power
we’ve arrived at the hour
for your tears and your cries
to be heard
I wrap my love around you (x4)
Bring me to the waters
the place from which I came
As I drink upon the nectar
I remember who I am
Oh bring me to my wisdom
let these words be seeds of truth
As I pull myself in closely
I allow the birth of my wounds
I allow the birth of my wounds
For my children
the future wise ones
know that you are always held
And if you’re wounded
and you're hurting
let this love be your salve
I wrap my love around you (x4)
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Sara Emmitt Boulder, Colorado
Through earthy melodies, sultry music and tender storytelling, Sara offers her life journey for all to hear—from her health battles, to her self love pilgrimage, to the magic of finding her voice as a vehicle for wellness. Listeners find her music to be relatable & raw, and many see her art as medicine; a lyrical folk-blues-soul-grass elixir that leaves audiences feeling nourished and light. ... more
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